Built 2026-10-19 (19 October 2026)

New Orleans AP Threshold Days by Year (USW00012916)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at New Orleans AP (USW00012916): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for New Orleans AP Thresholds

  • New Orleans AP: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 79 years, most in 2016 with 161.
  • New Orleans AP: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 79 years, most in 2025 with 127.
  • New Orleans AP: nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 79 years, most in 2024 with 194.
  • New Orleans AP: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 79 years, most in 1991 with 68.
  • 16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at New Orleans AP.
79 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at New Orleans AP Days per year at New Orleans AP with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 161 in 2016. 0501001502001948: 1291949: 1361950: 1221951: 1401952: 1231953: 1281954: 1321955: 1531956: 1181957: 1091958: 1181959: 1321960: 1321961: 1091962: 1501963: 1371964: 1231965: 1061966: 1061967: 1161968: 1251969: 1201970: 1261971: 1341972: 1421973: 1341974: 1121975: 1021976: 1151977: 1321978: 1441979: 1301980: 1441981: 1431982: 1421983: 1001984: 931985: 1151986: 1431987: 1301988: 1031989: 1191990: 1351991: 1271992: 1141993: 1261994: 1361995: 1441996: 1291997: 1241998: 1361999: 1412000: 1412001: 1292002: 1442003: 1442004: 1352005: 1432006: 1462007: 1322008: 1192009: 1392010: 1462011: 1422012: 1412013: 1282014: 1332015: 1432016: 1612017: 1142018: 1572019: 1542020: 1442021: 1322022: 1382023: 1582024: 1542025: 1562026: 1381948195619641972198019881996200420122020
Days per year at New Orleans AP with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 161 in 2016.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at New Orleans AP
YearDaysDecade average
1948129132.5
1949136132.5
1950122127.5
1951140127.5
1952123127.5
1953128127.5
1954132127.5
1955153127.5
1956118127.5
1957109127.5
1958118127.5
1959132127.5
1960132122.4
1961109122.4
1962150122.4
1963137122.4
1964123122.4
1965106122.4
1966106122.4
1967116122.4
1968125122.4
1969120122.4
1970126127.1
1971134127.1
1972142127.1
1973134127.1
1974112127.1
1975102127.1
1976115127.1
1977132127.1
1978144127.1
1979130127.1
1980144123.2
1981143123.2
1982142123.2
1983100123.2
198493123.2
1985115123.2
1986143123.2
1987130123.2
1988103123.2
1989119123.2
1990135131.2
1991127131.2
1992114131.2
1993126131.2
1994136131.2
1995144131.2
1996129131.2
1997124131.2
1998136131.2
1999141131.2
2000141137.2
2001129137.2
2002144137.2
2003144137.2
2004135137.2
2005143137.2
2006146137.2
2007132137.2
2008119137.2
2009139137.2
2010146141.9
2011142141.9
2012141141.9
2013128141.9
2014133141.9
2015143141.9
2016161141.9
2017114141.9
2018157141.9
2019154141.9
2020144145.7
2021132145.7
2022138145.7
2023158145.7
2024154145.7
2025156145.7
2026138145.7
First to last qualifying date each year at New Orleans AP For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at New Orleans AP meeting 30 C (86 F). 1948: 8 April 1948 to 16 October 19481949: 26 April 1949 to 24 October 19491950: 5 May 1950 to 16 October 19501951: 22 April 1951 to 15 November 19511952: 30 April 1952 to 2 October 19521953: 30 April 1953 to 17 October 19531954: 31 March 1954 to 14 October 19541955: 16 March 1955 to 28 October 19551956: 29 April 1956 to 7 October 19561957: 12 May 1957 to 22 September 19571958: 23 April 1958 to 10 October 19581959: 19 April 1959 to 13 October 19591960: 21 April 1960 to 16 October 19601961: 27 April 1961 to 2 October 19611962: 28 April 1962 to 20 October 19621963: 17 March 1963 to 14 October 19631964: 23 April 1964 to 29 September 19641965: 9 May 1965 to 22 September 19651966: 30 April 1966 to 14 October 19661967: 20 April 1967 to 6 October 19671968: 12 May 1968 to 12 October 19681969: 20 May 1969 to 13 October 19691970: 21 April 1970 to 11 October 19701971: 20 April 1971 to 16 October 19711972: 12 April 1972 to 18 October 19721973: 11 May 1973 to 22 November 19731974: 12 March 1974 to 12 October 19741975: 26 April 1975 to 14 October 19751976: 21 April 1976 to 5 October 19761977: 8 May 1977 to 8 October 19771978: 7 April 1978 to 13 October 19781979: 3 May 1979 to 9 November 19791980: 5 May 1980 to 17 October 19801981: 15 April 1981 to 22 October 19811982: 15 March 1982 to 10 October 19821983: 23 May 1983 to 5 October 19831984: 28 April 1984 to 24 October 19841985: 29 April 1985 to 23 October 19851986: 7 April 1986 to 9 November 19861987: 18 April 1987 to 22 September 19871988: 24 April 1988 to 30 September 19881989: 25 April 1989 to 15 October 19891990: 22 April 1990 to 17 October 19901991: 4 May 1991 to 22 October 19911992: 13 April 1992 to 22 September 19921993: 6 May 1993 to 20 October 19931994: 22 April 1994 to 5 November 19941995: 22 April 1995 to 1 November 19951996: 26 April 1996 to 17 October 19961997: 14 May 1997 to 1 November 19971998: 7 May 1998 to 18 October 19981999: 9 April 1999 to 15 October 19992000: 17 April 2000 to 6 October 20002001: 12 April 2001 to 24 October 20012002: 17 April 2002 to 7 October 20022003: 17 April 2003 to 12 November 20032004: 8 May 2004 to 1 November 20042005: 22 April 2005 to 21 October 20052006: 3 April 2006 to 19 October 20062007: 29 April 2007 to 18 October 20072008: 23 April 2008 to 16 October 20082009: 22 April 2009 to 30 October 20092010: 25 April 2010 to 27 October 20102011: 8 April 2011 to 15 November 20112012: 1 April 2012 to 14 October 20122013: 18 May 2013 to 15 October 20132014: 25 April 2014 to 28 October 20142015: 17 March 2015 to 6 November 20152016: 26 April 2016 to 4 November 20162017: 5 April 2017 to 21 October 20172018: 2 May 2018 to 20 October 20182019: 30 April 2019 to 20 October 20192020: 23 March 2020 to 22 October 20202021: 9 April 2021 to 25 October 20212022: 6 April 2022 to 15 October 20222023: 9 March 2023 to 29 October 20232024: 19 April 2024 to 6 November 20242025: 30 March 2025 to 21 October 20252026: 21 February 2026 to 14 October 202619481958196819781988199820082018JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at New Orleans AP meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at New Orleans AP
YearFirst dateLast date
19481948-04-081948-10-16
19491949-04-261949-10-24
19501950-05-051950-10-16
19511951-04-221951-11-15
19521952-04-301952-10-02
19531953-04-301953-10-17
19541954-03-311954-10-14
19551955-03-161955-10-28
19561956-04-291956-10-07
19571957-05-121957-09-22
19581958-04-231958-10-10
19591959-04-191959-10-13
19601960-04-211960-10-16
19611961-04-271961-10-02
19621962-04-281962-10-20
19631963-03-171963-10-14
19641964-04-231964-09-29
19651965-05-091965-09-22
19661966-04-301966-10-14
19671967-04-201967-10-06
19681968-05-121968-10-12
19691969-05-201969-10-13
19701970-04-211970-10-11
19711971-04-201971-10-16
19721972-04-121972-10-18
19731973-05-111973-11-22
19741974-03-121974-10-12
19751975-04-261975-10-14
19761976-04-211976-10-05
19771977-05-081977-10-08
19781978-04-071978-10-13
19791979-05-031979-11-09
19801980-05-051980-10-17
19811981-04-151981-10-22
19821982-03-151982-10-10
19831983-05-231983-10-05
19841984-04-281984-10-24
19851985-04-291985-10-23
19861986-04-071986-11-09
19871987-04-181987-09-22
19881988-04-241988-09-30
19891989-04-251989-10-15
19901990-04-221990-10-17
19911991-05-041991-10-22
19921992-04-131992-09-22
19931993-05-061993-10-20
19941994-04-221994-11-05
19951995-04-221995-11-01
19961996-04-261996-10-17
19971997-05-141997-11-01
19981998-05-071998-10-18
19991999-04-091999-10-15
20002000-04-172000-10-06
20012001-04-122001-10-24
20022002-04-172002-10-07
20032003-04-172003-11-12
20042004-05-082004-11-01
20052005-04-222005-10-21
20062006-04-032006-10-19
20072007-04-292007-10-18
20082008-04-232008-10-16
20092009-04-222009-10-30
20102010-04-252010-10-27
20112011-04-082011-11-15
20122012-04-012012-10-14
20132013-05-182013-10-15
20142014-04-252014-10-28
20152015-03-172015-11-06
20162016-04-262016-11-04
20172017-04-052017-10-21
20182018-05-022018-10-20
20192019-04-302019-10-20
20202020-03-232020-10-22
20212021-04-092021-10-25
20222022-04-062022-10-15
20232023-03-092023-10-29
20242024-04-192024-11-06
20252025-03-302025-10-21
20262026-02-212026-10-14

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at New Orleans AP
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days791612016138
35 C (95 F): Days7258202324
40 C (104 F): Days1120231
90 F (32.2 C): Days791272025101
100 F (37.8 C): Days1417202317
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max7319621
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min743319689
-10 C (14 F): Days with min5119621
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min791942024178
25 C (77 F): Days with min77101201668
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain7968199139
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain7941199115
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain781519914
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain47420091
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain4119591
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall1120251

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1948.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).